Adjustable foot for central supports



(No Model.)

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Nrrsn STATES PATENT Grates.

HORACE A. SllIITI-I, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK.

ADJUSTABLE FGOT FOR CENTRAL SUPPORTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,792, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed April 21, 1886. Serial No. 199,597. (X0 model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brook lyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Removable Feet for Central Supports, ofwhich the following is afull,clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a firm, cheap, and durable device for holding Christmas-trees, table-pillars, posts, showstands, and other articles to be held in a perpendicular position, and one that can be quickly and easily taken apart and packed in a small compass for shipping or future use.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two feet with a Christmas-tree held in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of thefeet of the tripod. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the triangular metal brace for binding and holding the feet in position, also a View of the metal plate to be attached to the perpendicular post when a permanent fixture is made. Fig. 3 is a disk, which is used as a clamping-plate for the standard and feet.

A A, Fig. 1, represent two feet of a tripod, three being used, all constructed the same. They are made of wood or metal, preferably of wood, and cut or sawed out from planks of a uniform thickness, and in any fancy design desired, the lower part spreading outward and the upper part curved inward. The eX- treme upper part is rounded out to fit against a perpendicular tree, post, or pillar, as shown at A, Figs. 1 and 2. Below this part it is curved out to near the center of the foot, as shown at 13, Figs. 1 and 2. It then runs at nearly right angles to the downward part of Through the right-angled part and running upward above the center are slotted openings 0. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) v

The object of the slotted openings 0 is to receive the triangular brace D. (Shown in Fig. 3.) The triangular brace D is made of metal, in one piece. The sides of this brace, near the ends, inside, are made flat, as shown at D, Fig. 3, so that when placed in the slotted openings it will fit closely to the sides of the feet and prevent a side motion.

Fig. 1 also represents the trunk of a Christmas-tree held in. position by the jaws or upper Fig. 1..

ends of the feet of the tripod. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the feet previously described.

E, Fig. 3, is a disk or plate, of wood or metal, with a hole through the center for a bolt or screw. The object of this disk or plate is to make a firm fixture of the feet and pillar for tables and other purposes. This disk or plate is placed directly below the pillar, and rests on the feet between the slotted openings G, and is bolted to the pillar, as shown at F, It can also be screwed fast to the feet. Three or more feet can be used, if desired. In case more than three feet are used, the metal holdfast must be varied to conform to the number used.

The slotted openings 0 can be made through the face of the jaws B, and a ring or triangular brace placed in the slotted openings and held in position by a dowel-pin passed up through the lower part of the jaw and openings.

The operation of my invention will readily be understood by the drawings. The triangular brace D having been placed in the slotted openings 0, above the center of the feet, the lower part of the perpendicular tree or post to be held in position is placed between the jaws B, the lower part of tree or post fit ting closely the lower part of the jaws and forcing them outward. The triangular brace D being above the center of the feet, the upward ends of the jaws are forced inward and firmly grasp the tree or post. The more weight in the tree or post the firmer the grasp will be.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent 1s 1. In removable feet for central supports, the feet A, having jaws B and slotted openings G, in combination with the triangular brace D, substantially as described.

2. In removable feet for central supports, the feet A, having jaws B and slotted openings O, in combination with the triangular brace D and disk E, substantially as shown and described.

3. In removable feet forcentral supports,

the combination of the following parts: the

feet A, havingjaws B and slotted openings 0, the triangular brace D, plate or disk E, and perpendicular tree or upright post F, substantially as shown and described.

lVitnesses: HORACE A. SMITH.

i J. L. WHITING,

S. BALDWIN CHAPMAN. 

